Depending on the role for which a candidate has applied, employers may need to find out whether or not the individual has any criminal convictions before he or she can start work.
Employers can check job applicants’ criminal records with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). HR departments normally deals with DBS disclosures.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a Christian employee, dismissed for not divorcing her husband when he was...
The High Court has upheld a challenge by way of judicial review to the present criminal record checks scheme, finding...
Organisations that provide services for children and/or vulnerable adults can set out in a safeguarding policy how they recruit staff...
The High Court has declared that the Government’s criminal record disclosure scheme is incompatible with the Human Rights Act.
Ruling...
In 2014, the law around hiring ex-offenders changed, bringing with it confusion and a heightened risk of dishonesty and suspicion...
An employment tribunal has ordered an employer to pay over £17,000 to a devoutly religious Jewish applicant who was turned...
An employee who was sacked for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend after a workplace party tried unsuccessfully to claim sex discrimination....
From 10 March 2015, employers that use enforced subject access requests to expose job applicants with criminal convictions will be...
A Supreme Court ruling has confirmed that job applicants will no longer need to disclose convictions for childhood or minor...
The period of time in which individuals must disclose any criminal convictions to their employer or prospective employer has been...
Edwina Hughes discusses Business in the Community's campaign to "ban the box" that many ex-offenders are required to tick on application forms.
Old and minor criminal convictions will no longer be included in criminal record checks, following changes announced by the Home...
Well intentioned though it undoubtedly was, the 2006 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act spread its net very wide, so its replacement...
From 10 September 2012, a number of amendments to the vetting and barring scheme, which is designed to protect vulnerable...
Trish Hopkinson, senior HR business partner at DHL Supply Chain, tells Personnel Today about the challenges involved in devising a...
